North Korea

North Korea would take over the world, if it wasn't so dizzy and weak

July 1, 2008 - North Korea's head of state, the dictator/Wayne Newton doppelganger Kim Jong-il, is sucking it up for the good of his international reputation. The Dear Leader is letting World Food Pro...

From The Room: Update: Axis of Evil

June 29, 2008 - As you may have heard, North Korea has been de-listed from the Axis of Evil in return for blowing up its nuclear reactor. It's an unlikely development, because North Korea was s...

From The Room: Why North Korea Really Blew Up That Tower

June 27, 2008 - You think you know the truth? Sure. Believe what CNN tells you about North Korea blowing up a nuclear tower. Whatever. But I got a line on what really happened. And, girl, the truth going to take your...

There's another opening in the Axis of Evil

June 26, 2008 - With news that North Korea has been taken off the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, it might be time for the Axis of Evil to hold a membership drive. Back in the beginning of 2002, t...

FAQ: Lifting of North Korean sanctions

June 26, 2008 - With very few no foreign policy achievements in nearly eight years in office and the clock running out, President Bush announced that North Korea has been kicked...

Dickipedia: Kim Jong-il

April 4, 2008 - Kim Jong-il (born February 16, 1941, Vyatskoye, Soviet Union, or according to his "official" biography, February 16, 1942, Baekdu Mountain, Japanese Korea) is Chairman of the National Defense Commission, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, and General Secretary of the Worker's Party of th...

From The Room: New York Philharmonic Plays North Korea: The Leaked Memo

February 26, 2008 - The New York Philharmonic orchestra performed in Pyongyang on Tuesday, marking one of America's most public forays into the famously reclusive country. Thoug...

News Odds for Friday, February 15, 2008

February 15, 2008 - Odds that... Chinese actress Bai Ling was arrested for shoplifting, but she'll be convicted of...

If They IM'd: North Korea, the U.S., Japan and South Korea

December 31, 2007 - North Korea seems likely to miss the deadline to disable its nuclear reactor and nuclear programs, as it had been previously agreed in an international accord with the U.S., South Korea, and Japan. The secretive Communist stalwart nation, which...

From The Room: The Text of Bush's Letter to Kim Jong-il

December 7, 2007 - According to the New York Times, President Bush has sent a personal letter to Kim Jong-il, the North Korean dictator the president previously called a "tyrant" and a leader of the so-called "Axis of Ev...

From The Room: Kim Jong-Be-Illin' Junior

November 28, 2007 - Kim Jong Il has tapped his number two son Kim Jong Chul to be the new vice chief of the ruling Korean Workers' Party's Organization and Guidance Department. Guess number one son is a royal fuckup. With the promotion, Junior will be working in the same office as his...

From The Room: Geopolitical Gangbang

November 19, 2007 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran would not use oil as a weapon if attacked. First off, oil is only an effective weapon when you dump it on troops who are taking a battering ram to the gate of your castle, and even then you need to light it...